This is what actual forested hillsides look like in winter: DARK trees against snow covered ground. They don't look like everything was sprayed with Snow-Inna-Can. this happens in TSW because the draw order is backwards. The distant-tree mipmap is white, and the dark trunks and branches only render as you get close (and the 2D distant tree models are white). Reverse this, and you will get the right effect